I totally agree with Dick here. I also want to add that when I'm trying
to copy a station who is sending above a speed I can easily copy (and
that would be virtually all of them), a terminal TEST makes my life
more difficult.

Here's why. I might just catch the first couple of characters in the
callsign, before my brain fritzes out. Then I can sorta memorize the
last couple of seconds of the transmission, and replay them in my mind,
slowing it down so I can copy the last few characters. But, if the
station sends a terminal TEST, I'll recognise that immediately, even at
really high speeds, but it wipes out my auditory memory.

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